Garavaglia: Reopening dates need to be planned. In Italy, it could be June 2

In his speech on La7’s Omnibus program, Tourism Minister Massimo Garavaglia said that June 2 could be considered as a reopening date in Italy. However, he stressed the fact that it is necessary to schedule dates for reopenings: “There are activities that can be opened overnight, such as barbershops. Others cannot, such as large hotels. We need to monitor the data and based on the data open as soon as possible. We need to plan to be fast, otherwise others will overtake us.” “In France they are talking about July 14,” he added, “in the U.S. the Fourth of July, June 2 is our national holiday and could be a date of reopenings for us.”

“Giving only negative signals is wrong,” he continued, “because the economy also lives on expectations. We monitor week by week. Last year they didn’t know what we were up against, this time we have past experience and a vaccination plan that is moving forward. We are working sector by sector to give specific dates.”

On the proposal to create covid-free islands in Italy as well, the minister commented, “Greece has many islands and for that they are moving in that direction, we could do it. The point is to create mechanisms for which it is easy to circulate. The direction seems quite clear to me.” Speaking of the Green Pass, the vaccine passport designed to allow European citizens to travel and move within the countries of Europe, this “has three conditions: the vaccine, having had the covid and the negative swab. It is non-discriminatory and already exists in Sardinia. It is a model that is already catching on,” he concluded.

Garavaglia: Reopening dates need to be planned. In Italy, it could be June 2

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